Everything You Know About Morton’s Neuroma Is WRONG! *Surprising True CAUSES Revealed*
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- Опубліковано 10 гру 2022
- Hi everyone, it’s Dr Kim here! If you’ve been struggling with Morton’s Neuroma, then this video is for you! Today, I’m revealing some unknown facts about Morton’s Neuroma that will solve a lot of your unanswered questions! Enjoy!
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My mother suffered a lot from this and would often have to stop, sit down and adjust her toes so she could continue to walk. I wish this video had been available for her to watch and understand. Sigh!! Thank you!!
Thank you so much for the explanation. It really helped me figure out what I have been dealing with. I got an arch-supporting orthotic and that has taken the pressure off my toes. Taking the orthotic out and walking in the same shoes WITHOUT the orthotic, caused immediate pain in the arch of my foot. That's how I knew my arches had fallen. Thanks doc for confirming everything. You are the best!!
This is absolutely the best video explanation I’ve seen! THANK YOU!!!
Wow! You're so great at explaining! Neither my chiropractor nor podiatrist explained this, even when I asked questions.
Easily the best tutorial I've ever seen on MN...many thx Dr. Kim.
This was so informative! I learned more than I thought I would. Thank you!
This is the best video I've seen about Morton Neuromas. I've had this condition in both feet for many years, but it recently got much worse when I wore soft-bottom sports sandals when I took my dogs outside for walks on uneven ground. For the past two years, it has felt like a stone is lodged in my foot with a balloon feeling around it. If I'm up on my feet a lot, I have horrible foot cramps and muscle spasms. I'm at the point of getting surgery for it.
Great explanation✨…Thank you Dr. Kim
Excellent video Dr Kim
1 months ago was surgery for Morton’s Neuromas 3rd and 4th toes right foot. I hope finally don’t more pain
Thank you for your clear description
Thank you!! Exactly what I have and now I understand it!!
Awesome explanation!
Wow so helpful. Ive been looking up this pain in my feet .I always get planter F.
I didnt know what this was called. Thank you... 😊
Thank you Dr. Kim. Grateful.
Thank you, Dr. Kim!
Thank you so much for watching, Phyllis! Make sure you subscribe so that you don’t miss any of my videos!
I had Morton’s Neuroma. I got a cortizone shot between my toes and this shot healed it. 👍🏻🦶🦶🦶🦶
Is there any downside to cortisone shots?
@@juliegathman2923 I did not have any problems. 👍🏻
It won’t heal it. It’s just helped for now. The injection needs to be done under an ultrasound scan to pinpoint the correct spot. Injecting blind most likely will miss the spot.
@@juliegathman2923Yes . I’ve had them in my back and in my foot.
It didn’t heal mine at all
Thanks great explanation.
Very helpful! Thank you!
Use one of those donut shaped foam bunion pads - stick it on with the hole over the point of pain. A tiny bit of pressure change is all it takes to take the pressure off the nerve (for me, anyway) and the pain was gone within a day. My foot doesn't like hard wood floors in stocking feet but otherwise it's fine (tile floor, no problem, very weird). You're welcome. (I spent hundreds on shoes before figuring out this trick on my own)
Most excellent explanation. Thank you. Very helpful!
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💡 This makes so much sense to me !! It's too late in my case to prevent, but I appreciate understanding the "Why."
Mine is not diagnosed but it started after knee replacement revision from partial to full knee. Now I am told my knee is loosening in tibia and my 2 toes are much worse. Numb and pain..also was told weak pulse in that foot during arthrogram I just had done. This video makes sense.
you are so amazingg!! such a great help
Excelente video ! GRACIAS!
Thank you so much I now understand what my problem, is it's very painful
I didn't have this problem when wearing wedged shoes. But started wearing flat sport shoes and I got this problem.
very very good explanation of the root of the problem
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I had a neuroma 3/4 toe
I started castor oil compress at night time a couple months ago. It's pretty well gone now. I can walk barefoot with no pain, and I don't feel the lump anymore.
Do you buy the castor oil compress or home made?
@@edithjunda1618 Barbara O'neil does videos on youtube on how to do various compresses!
A neuroma will not have a lump. You may feel like there a bump when walking, but only a sensation.
And neuroma’s NEVER go away. They, the nerve settles down but the nerve with the scaring will always be there. You can kill the nerve with alcohol injections or surgery. Likely you can aggravate the nerve by squeezing your metatarsals together from the bottom of the foot pad. Usually you’ll feel a not so good pain.
@serrielu8025 Thanks for the information. It feels like I have this problem; originally thought it was a bursitis of some sort. The pain is a bitch..lol, I squeeze mine out and seems to realign and reset the landscape which is all connected to some point
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Super video
Thank you so much
ive had from what i can tell a very mild version of this for 12 years. every now and again its like a jolt between the 3rd and 4rth that makes me flinch but not the level of pain i see people describe online
That’s what I get
A jolt
I don’t feel the marble
Mine is the jolt
I was in a serious car accident and the bones in my feet shattered. Post many surgeries I still was crying (floor nurse) at the end of each shift from pain. Two years of my surgeon saying your fine I took it upon myself to get a second opinion. In 5 minutes he solved my issue. I had to watch my surgery to see what was causing me so much pain. I’ve never had issues since.
How did he solve your issue?
Thank you , very well done.
Hello, thank you so much for watching! If you haven't already, I recommend checking out my 2nd video on MN here: ua-cam.com/video/I3TTAhZhBA4/v-deo.html I have a few more remedies that you may find helpful!
Excellent explanation , that’s exactly what’s happening to me , but my doctor says nothing about this , unbelievable!
That’s why they’re general practitioners …in uk… x
I feel foot every day pain that you explained morton’s neuroma , my doctor said it will be better after you take medicine now my foot is very bad i feel sharp pain
Yes, my NHS physio said ignore the numbness and discomfort........despairing
I'd get a new doctor.... I've been dealing with chronic pain for 10 years, and just recently, I now have a diagnosis of Mortons neuroma. It is under my 2nd toe. I made the Dr send me for an MRI with focus on my second toe. I think sometimes, we have to be our own medical advocate and researchers...... why was it missed for so long? Because the Dr felt it was too rare and did surgery on the 3rd and 4th toes that didn't stop my pain.
@@hogerlazgin7936 have them check with MRI. Tell them to look across your whole foot pad under your toes.
Wonderful explanation I knew I was not receiving the Exact reason and Thank you very much!!! I have suffered with a very painful Morton’s Neuroma since 2015 I had 2 failed surgery attempts. Now I just had a MRI and I have another one between 1st & 2nd they say. Mine started in 3rd and 4th toe. They say I have a Stump Neuroma Can you Please explain a Morton’s Neuroma Stump??? I am not letting anyone do any surgery on my foot I need to do my research on a stump neuroma. I truly understand everyone’s pain I have everything Dr Kim has said even the Clicking it is a painful condition. However I look forward to trying these great helpful Tips I am sure they will Help A lot.
That sounds awful. I'm sorry the surgery attempts didn't work for you. I hope they find a way to help you.
L5 in the spine is the nerve root for toes 3&4. Nerve impingement in the spine can cause a similar feeling to Morton's Neuroma in the foot.
Thank you!
Well done, Dr.
Hi Doc, love your channel ❤ what about frostbite? I was always under the assumption that my foot discomfort wS because I suffered frostbite as a kid😮
This is an excellent explanation. Thank you.
I have had an intermittent Mortons neuroma for a couple years now and have learned how to function without drugs and surgery. You might want to try self massage.
Firstly: I only experience some of the symptoms you list; Pain between 3 and 4 metatarsil, numbness and it is much worse when barefoot. Also many days I have no pain at all.
Secondly: I am an active hiker often walking 10-12 miles in a day. If on a hike and it acts up, I stop and do a 2 or 3 minute message and a good poking between the 3/4 metatarsil acts like a release. It hurts when you hit the right spot but after I can put on my boots and I am good for another few miles.
Hey there I have exactly the same problem, could I ask what boots you use for hiking
@@aarondyke8116 hi there, I am using Salomon X Ultra boots. I just completed the GR20 180 km. I wore them 13 days straight. A couple times I had to stop and do the release mentioned above. Happy Trails
I experience something so similar... the intermittent nature of the pain is so mysterious. It comes at odd times, and sometimes is completely absent. Other times, it is so intense I can't walk. By massaging I can make it go away for awhile (sometimes), but then it comes back. If I play a a racket sport, I don't notice any pain. But when I set out on a walk, I never know if I will be fine, or limping back home with pain. I just can't make any sense out of it.
@juliegathman2923 You may want to check your diet. Mine actually seems to act or “flare” up when I’ve had an excess of sugar (carbs) or gluten. Sometimes red meat or alcohol can start it..
@leighsmith5520 Great explanation I’m in the same boat with the self massage for this pain there’s nothing like it! Also ankle roll for cuboid, if you happen to have that as well like I do. Sometimes I feel like they’re connected as one episode may set off the other. Keep it up sir!!💪👍🔥
I had a Morton’s neuroma diagnosed 6 months ago. I now wear my sports shoes as much as possible. Fixed! Nobody told me to do that, I just thought it would be a good idea.
I think sports sandals worsened mine as it didn't give my toes enough support when I walked my dogs on uneven ground.
This is an excellent explanation. Thank you.
I cannot find the follow up video, and I am extremely interested in watching it. Can you provide a link please?
Awesome!!!
Had trouble walking for years. I have many neuroma not only between the toes but under my foot. The pain is sharp like an electric shock. I bought some 5 finger vibram shoes and put heavy padding in but the problem is with padding it causes the top of the shoe to dig into top of foot. Been trying different paddings to prevent this. I cannot walk a lot but since I got the five finger shoes can go shopping. Any form of shoe unless five fingers is out of the question. Misery pain running down the toes and under the foot. This is serious pain. Had to modify to cope with it. Long walks are out of the question. About 15 years ago I had some steroid injections, don't recommend, made it worse. The pain was off the scale for 6 months. I went to see a professional to do cryotherapy costing around 4K. Did some research before considering to my shock horror one guy was so crippled after cryotherapy he regretted it. Not available on NHS. What does this mean. You have to learn to live with it using high quality memory foam and less walking.
Thanks for the explanation. Can the arches be restored? Exercises? Habit changes?
I have worn ASICS with inbuilt arch supports for 15 years and it has cured my problem, plus taking vitamin B group vitamins helps.
informative video. There is a typo on the slide indicating the 3 arches of the foot. Medial is spelled Medical.
Woww!! you are great🙏
One of my feet went flat, I was prescribed inserts for both feet/shoes. .... months later I developed Mortons Neuroma ,the arch supports were uncomfortable and took a while to get use to them. .
I believe the orthopedic arch supports caused the Neuroma. still have it on both feet years later. thanks for the explanation
Thank you very much Dr. Kim. I have been in so much pain and did start taking herbs to help with inflammation and they are helping. I will definitely listen to your' advice. I am currently waiting for a referral to a podiatrist to confirm what I feel is causing my pain but do not want steroid injections or surgery. Thank you for sharing your' knowledge as being in so much pain is depressing.
Thank you I really feel I have this
Thank you
I have mortons nurima and a metatarsal bursa
Hi Dr Kim, thank you so much for your clear explanation of Morton's Neuroma. I have two (2/3 & 3/4) and experimental surgery where the toes are surgically broken and raised off the nerve was not successful for me. I go into hospital tomorrow for traditional surgery where the inflammed part of the nerve(s) is removed. Hopefully, seven years of pain will come to an end after that!.
How did it go? Thanks
@@lawbinson Mixed results. Felt better for the first few months but my foot is painful again. Don't know if it's related to neuromas or something else.
@@Criosdean sorry to hear, thank you for the response. Are there any next steps you're looking at?
My surgeon did say it could be between 3-12 months before we knew for definite if the surgery was successful. So, I guess I need to be patient and see what I feel like after 12 months. Not very optimistic though! 🙁
I am 69 years old. I have had a callous under each foot ?between 2 and 3), since my late 20s. I used trim them monthly. I now have hip issues, so I rarely do it now. I just can't reach.
Is gout often mistaken for Planter fascitis??
Thanks for the great information. I get this mostly in my left foot but rarely in my right. What is the "cause of only one foot being affected,?
A neuroma on one foot
I developed a Morton’s Neuroma after I broke my foot in 2020 ( Lisfranc injury ) five fractures altogether I was in a cast for eleven weeks.
I’ve had injections , got orthotics , but still painful.
Exact thing happened to me. After gaining pregnancy weight and suffering from pelvic/hip problems I started noticing 1 foot felt shorter. Started getting neuroma numbness in that shorter leg. My arch has fallen 😢
I wish you worked for the NHS
I have 2-4 Rd tow and surgery tomorrow morning
I wish I could come see you in real life. I self diagnosed Morton's neuroma, saw one podiatrist who injected with lidocaine, saw a second one who put in the met pads, then a third one who has some experience with Morton's neuroma. I have done everything I've been told, but my foot still hurts because I can't seem to get the met pad in the right place. I feel like I'm wasting everyone's time, but I am also frustrated with not being able to walk without pain. I stay healthy and happy when I walk.
Hi Mary, I wish you could come to visit my practice as well! If you haven't already, I recommend checking out my 2nd video on MN here: ua-cam.com/video/I3TTAhZhBA4/v-deo.html I have a few more remedies that you may find helpful!
Pendant 1 an on m à dit que c était une fracture de fatigue après diagnostic D IRM.UN spécialiste à trouvé tt de suite sans regarder le compte rendu
Will it ever go away ?
Is surgery the best way?
Dr: what to do with the pain on front of the top of the foot between ankles and heels spurs
I had Morton neuroma in both feet and operations to cut the nerves out. Since then they say I have bursas. Too much cortisone pumped in there. I’m so muddled about whether it’s bursas or Morton neuroma now. I remember that clicking sensation though.
Thank you so much for this very thorough and informative video. I have this in BOTH feet. Sigh. At least I’m finally barking up the right tree thanks to you. 💜
I believe I'm struggling with this but it's really my third toe on each foot. Not pain in the ball of my foot. Doctors appt the 31st but until them I'm just miserable. And it's been going on for years! The doctor told me I had athletes foot 😒
Hi Lucy, I'm so glad to hear that you found this video helpful! If you haven't already, I recommend checking out my 2nd video on MN here: ua-cam.com/video/I3TTAhZhBA4/v-deo.html I have a few more remedies that you may find helpful!
I have so much intermediate severe intense pain on my left foot. It’s awful.
I had this years ago, and I came close to passing out with the excruciating pain. I had surgery, which was the most painful surgery I have ever had in my life, before or since, but once that pain settled down, the neuroma pain has never troubled me again. I get odd twinges in my other foot, but I wouldn't go through that surgery again. Interesting about the lumbar spine, as I have been in a wheelchair since 2014 due to a problem with my lumbar spine, and listening to this video, I am wondering if that was what was really causing the neuroma all those years earlier.
Where is the follow-up video. I can't find it. You don't provide a link.
I have all the symptoms of which he talks about here, including the clicking. My pain is in the arch under my toes, right at the bend where my 3 and 4th toes are. But after reading a lot online, no one complains of this: an increase in pain immediately after removing your shoe, worse than when you had the shoe on? This "after" pain lasts about 5 minutes, but wow is it awful! During this time if I try to wiggle or stretch my toes it's excruciating! Any input is appreciated. TY!
Where is part two I can’t find it?
OK, whatever. I would wear my compression socks to bed and wake up at some point with this crazy stabbing neuroma pain. The compression of my toes due to the tight socks was the culprit. An easy fix, so far. I got a lighter compression sock and stopped wearing them overnight. Happy happy.
I started walking around my house with no shoes on a a day later I had this problem 😢
Does this happen to people who have flat feet? Or people who have flat feet, and wear flat shoes?
Would you have a reference to lower back issues and morton’s neuroma?
Is it true that sometimes the walking on a marble feeling is irritation of the sesmoid bones? How do you treat that?
So I don't feel it in the types just in the ball. The Clouds aren't working any more.
Got mine from deadlifting and lots of standing and possibly wearing boots too small. Or could be one of them and not all.
What if it is caused by your back? Around six minutes in you talk about the nerves that travel from the low back to the foot and how you have to make sure that isn't the cause. With an EMG/NCV. Do you have a video about this and if not can you explain or point me in the right direction?
I have the same issue, EMG/NCV... I had my back surgery about 8 years ago but it didn't help at all....actually it got worse now..... my case, it disturb me at night & I have a tough time sleeping.. I understand what you are going through. 😞
Is a remedy for heel spurs
I'm not sure about this explanation. I developed MN recently and in my case it was certainly a footwear-related issue (specifically cycling shoes that were too tight). It got quite bad (pain and numbness of third and forth toe) until I realized what the problem was and simply changed my shoes to a more roomy set. I am quite sure there is no fundamental problem with my arches; it was simply caused by tight footwear. I know you need a 'clickbaity' video title for UA-cam, but I don't think it is fair to describe the conventional medical understanding of MN as "wrong".
In my case, it could be early onset but I just feel a weird pain between the third and 4th toe, hurts to apply pressure, but doesn’t feel like a marble or socks. It just feels like I’ve been wearing tight shoes but it never goes away.
I have MN..shoes hurt my feet..even shoes from specialty stores... only slippers or barefoot gives me relief..
Does anyone else's feet feel like they are on fire and hyper sensitive like mine?
I like “holistic”
I thought I might have had this last week, but it turned out to be a bone spur in my right heel
Yes I jump rope or used to
Plus I’m fat
So my middle toes feel like I have a blood blister, when they touch the ground,ouch
Mine happened after i broke 2 3 and 4 th metatarsal bones dont wear heals.. where hiking boots or cross trainer runners..spend alot of time on my feet
Nerve impingement at L5?...my 3&4 toes feel numb...but if I pinch them I can feel pain.
why the music? are we that needing of constant stimulation that we can't learn with music? it's distracting
Where is part 2. Please link the UA-cam video for me... Please
Hello! Thank you so much for watching - you can check out part 2 here: ua-cam.com/video/I3TTAhZhBA4/v-deo.html
I didn,t use high heels in the least 40 years and I have neuroma.
I never knew what I had, has a name. I have Ehlers-Danlos, a high arch, and only have worn flat shoes then with Rx inserts.
As far as I know, I don't have a tumor based on X-rays.
You can’t see them on an X-ray. They are used to rule out fractures. You need an MRI or EMG. Fellow Zerbra. Had L2-S1 fused last year, having my sacrum fused in next year due to instability. Next week having surgery to repair torn ligaments due to EDS and have a MN removed. If you have high arches you need to support those arches. I’m guessing (informed guess) that it’s due to the flexibility in your foot and the movement between your metatarsals that caused the neuroma to form. I’m not exactly sure we bendy folks have the treatment to prevent this from happening unless we get shoes that don’t bend and flex, that keep our feet from flexing…not a good or viable option.
I never even heard of a Neuroma! Have no idea what it is but I started to watch this to find out what it is. But it sort of seems you presume people know what it is.
Years ago my arches were very low or almost flat. I was wearing those modern shoes with arch support + a raised heel. You know, athletic type shoes. But it was the shoes! I started to wear "barefoot" type shoes. I actually has to teach myself how to walk again as my walking was so badly messed up from those other shoes! My big toe and the area behind the big toe never touched the ground! 😮 took a year to learn how to keep my feet on the ground properly. And it was hard slow work. Now my feet are strong + I have good arches that support themselves! I walk around year-round in those swim shoes! 😂😂 oh I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome so my feet are very flexible. The flexibility plus arch support does NOT work for me. I also wear Xero shoes too!
I also have EDS and a MN. Plus a bunch of torn ligaments in my foot. I hate wearing shoes and switched to Vibrams Five Fingers a few years ago. Had the NM pain before switching shoes. Last year had L2-S1 fused, next year my sacrum is getting fused due to instability. Torn ligaments are due to my second and third toe dislocating all the time, no trauma, strictly EDS *le sigh*. But I completely understand what you are saying about raised heals in athletic shoes. I’ve found New Balance to be the most comfortable (I live in the north and winters are not favorable with toe shoes). I’m having surgery next week to repair the ligaments on the top and bottom of my foot and he’s removing the NM as it’s causing a huge separation between my 3rd and 4th toe and he’s already going to be in there.
I’m glad you were able to get relief by switching shoes. Sending fluffy gentle zebra hugs.
Have it in my left foot bad im 32. Does massaging it out help?
3&4. and 4&5 of both feet. years hs n college track n field. first dx. rt foot 3&4 toes.
35yrs later 50lbs over weight
getting in shape at part warehouse job last 3 months. both feet on fire. neuroma back 4 folds.
using all tricks orthotics, massages,feet soaks. stretch. ted socks. motrin. ascics running shoes w single stitch size bigger to accommodate arch supports tape n orthotics.
not working what to do??
I only get the pain when I wear shoes or ski boats, no pain at all in flip flops or bare feet, any ideas ?
Got EDS, ganglions, bursitis, menopause causing more weight baring as have had bunions, tailors bunions, Raynaud's and sciatica and joint subluxations for decades from Ballet.. Im in agony. Got an infra red light. Praying it helps. Any advice if it does. PS hammer toes can be related to occult tethered cord in the spine. I have major spinal issues. It all runs into each other joint. I call it the EDS cascade of hell. Im losing the ability to walk.
I have had cortisone jabs which have not been successful. If I have surgery I know this will make my front foot numb. Will I ever be able to walk again. It has caused metatarsalgia and I cannot walk will it ever get better.
Dr. Kim, can Morton's Neuroma ("MN") be caused by repeated sudden trauma or not? For Example, working in a hazardous environment where heavy weighted (5 to 10 pounds) small objections are prone to fall from heights of 3 to 4 ft, and impact the top/dorsal section of the foot and metatarsals ?
Is it possible to have it between toes because my toes hurt 3&4 toe above it and between
Exactly what i feel right now its been 2days now i feel like i step on a marble.
did u go to the doctor? i jave the same feeling for 3 years now
@@Luka4160 yes we did xray and nothing has ever exist but the feeling ihave is horrible.
and what did they tell u what is it?
i read that x ray wont show mortons neuroma, u shound try ultrasound
@@Luka4160 yes i do he said oh what is the google tell you🤣 i said i was having the same feeling so i went xray thank god it go away after xray